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Patented Nov. 17, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I Application January21 1942, Serial No. 427,645

1 clai (or. 35-52) This'invention relates to an educational device to beemployed as a toy for the self-education of children and adults alike,also'may be utilized for demonstration purposes to create interest ofonlookers.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a portabledevice which may be readily set up for use either by a child or adultand includes, besides a case designed to be representative of theinterior of a building or factory when opened, an assembly conveyor andthe various parts of article of manufacture, such as automobiles orother types of vehicles with the parts segregated and readilyaccessible, so that said child or adult by placing together the parts ofthe vehicle on the assembly conveyor will become thoroughly familiarwith the construction and the operation of the vehicle, consequentlypermitting the child or adult to be self-educated as well as amused,also when the device is employed for demonstration purposes, onlookerswill be kept interested thereby and receive education.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly broken away, showing the case of theinvention and other various units.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view illustrating a portionof the assembly conveyor with an assembled article of manufacture thereFigure 4 is a transverse sectional view of the assembly conveyor.

Figure 5 is a top plan. view partly in section showing the devicearranged for use.

Figure 6 is a side elevation of part of the case or the cover thereofarranged in open position and showing its interior face designed to berepresentative of wall construction of a building or factory.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 indicates a caseincluding a removable cover 6, the interior face of which isrepresentative of a wall construction of a building or factory.

While the case 5 is portable so that it may be conveniently carried ormoved from one place to another it has an interior area sufiicient forthe accommodation of an assembly conveyor 8 and a plurality of boxes orcontainers 9 for the keeping of various parts of articles of manufactureassembled, also the case makes provision for the accommodation of largesize parts used in the assembly of the articles of manufacture.

The assembly conveyor 8 includes a channeled frame construction ID inwhich are journaled adjacent the ends thereof rollers I l for thesupport of an endless belt 12, the upper run of which is employed forthe movable support of articles of manufacture as the various partsthereof are assembled together. in the form of an electric motor or thelike is suitably mounted in the frame construction It and drives aroller l4 engageable with the endless belt or the lower run thereof asit moves off of one of the rollers ll. One end of the supportingstructure I0 is inclined to form a ramp l5 at one end of the assemblyconveyor so that the articles of manufacture may gravitate therefromwhen reaching the end of the conveyor.

If desired, the frame structure I0 may be made to adjust lengthwise sothat it can be lengthened and shortened for use and for storage withinthe case. This can be easily accomplished by having the frameconstruction l0 composed-of telescopic sections.

The containers 9 are each labeled or marked in some suitable way todesignate the parts of the articles of manufacture such as automobilesor other vehicles kept therein. Large units of the articles ofmanufacture may be stored in the area of the case not employed for thecontainers 9 and the assembly conveyor. A clear illustration of theforegoing will be seen from Figure 1.

For a child or adult to be amused and receive education from thisinvention the case is arranged on a table or some other suitable supportand the cover placed vertically so as to give the appearance of aninterior wall construction of a building or factory. The endless belt ofthe assembly conveyor is set in motion and the child or adult startingat one end of the belt places thereon the basic unit of the article ofmanufacture such as the chassis or frame, and as this unit progresseswith the endless belt the child or adult applies thereto the other unitswhich go to make up the complete article of manufacture so that on itsarrival at the ramp l5 the article of manufacture will be completelyassembled, consequently giving the child or adult a complete knowledgeof all of the parts or units which go to make up A small size powermedium I3 the article of manufacture and how they are as- Having thusdescribed the invention, what I claim is:

In an educational toy, a substantially rec- Q tangular shaped portablesupporting case includthis device can be economically manufactured andsold at a low cost, due to the fact that the assembly conveyor, case andvarious units of the articles of manufacture are constructed on a smallscale and of inexpensive material.

When the device is used for demonstration or advertising purposes aninstructor carries out the assembling of the articles of manufactureonthe assembly conveyor as specified in connectionwith the child oradult so that onlookers will be kept amused and at the same time receiveeducation as to the particular articles of manufacture.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of partsmay bemade without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

ing vertical side and end walls and a bottom wall, an elongated hollowframe structure located in the case on the bottom wall and close to oneof the vertical side walls and having a downwardly inclined portion atone end thereof and provided with a horizontally disposed top wall, anend ess power driven belt having one run movable over the top wall,rollers journaled on the elongated structure and having the belt trainedthereover, a power driven roller journaled on the elongated structureand located adjacent one of the firstnamed rollers and bearing againstthe belt to force the latter tightly against the last-named roller, anda plurality of containers grouped in the case between the elongatedstructure and one of the side walls and the end walls and having thereinparts .of toy devices to be assembled with the belt acting as a movablesupport for said devices when partly and fully assembled.

STEWART D. LONG.

